SeaRaySalmon
Cadet
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2020
- Messages
- 11
Hey guys,
So I have been searching google for the last few years and have gotten a ton of info from the iboats forums. I bought an old 1990 Sea Ray 190 BR from a buddy of mine (boat has been in our circle of friends for over a decade) my buddy, who is a mechanical engineer and builds race cars from the ground up, and I dropped a crate 350 in it (mainly him and I helped where I could lol), added a wake tower and I did a bunch of DIY cosmetic work to get her looking decent. I know the boat needs a total overhaul (mechanically she's sound and anything that arises we can take care of) I want to bring it to a marina for floor (from what I've learned on here it's going to probably need much more than that as well) The boat has a lot of sentimental value. I am fully aware I am going to be spending WAY more than it will ever be worth in a million years but to me she's my muscle car. No payments, a toy and overall poor investment that I am going to be sinking money into lol. But I enjoy it.
I have some soft spots currently that I wanted to repair (and repair/reinforce what I can underneath) this spring before I put her in the water again. We service her fully every season and always check alignment and she's always dead on so I am not worried about the boat being unsafe. My goal is to tear out all carpet, cut out bad spots, strengthen supports or add them where I need to, put it back together and spray white raptor liner (bed liner) over entire floor and use that instead of carpet.
My question is what's the best way to do this? Is this just a bad idea?; should I just leave it alone until I have the money for a marina to go nuts?
I live in North NJ if that means anything to anyone on here lol Thanks for taking the time to check this out and sorry for the long post!
Thanks,
Sam
So I have been searching google for the last few years and have gotten a ton of info from the iboats forums. I bought an old 1990 Sea Ray 190 BR from a buddy of mine (boat has been in our circle of friends for over a decade) my buddy, who is a mechanical engineer and builds race cars from the ground up, and I dropped a crate 350 in it (mainly him and I helped where I could lol), added a wake tower and I did a bunch of DIY cosmetic work to get her looking decent. I know the boat needs a total overhaul (mechanically she's sound and anything that arises we can take care of) I want to bring it to a marina for floor (from what I've learned on here it's going to probably need much more than that as well) The boat has a lot of sentimental value. I am fully aware I am going to be spending WAY more than it will ever be worth in a million years but to me she's my muscle car. No payments, a toy and overall poor investment that I am going to be sinking money into lol. But I enjoy it.
I have some soft spots currently that I wanted to repair (and repair/reinforce what I can underneath) this spring before I put her in the water again. We service her fully every season and always check alignment and she's always dead on so I am not worried about the boat being unsafe. My goal is to tear out all carpet, cut out bad spots, strengthen supports or add them where I need to, put it back together and spray white raptor liner (bed liner) over entire floor and use that instead of carpet.
My question is what's the best way to do this? Is this just a bad idea?; should I just leave it alone until I have the money for a marina to go nuts?
I live in North NJ if that means anything to anyone on here lol Thanks for taking the time to check this out and sorry for the long post!
Thanks,
Sam